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Arripis trutta (Forster, 1801)

Australian salmon
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Arripidae (Australian salmon)
Etymology: Arripis: Latin, arripio, arripere = to take something suddenly.
More on author: Forster.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; anadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 30 - 39 m (Ref. 58489). Subtropical; 27°S - 47°S, 112°E - 176°W

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Southwest Pacific: southern Australia (including Tasmania, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island), usually Brisbane to Western Victoria, rarely to Western Australia; and New Zealand (including Chatham and Kermadec Islands).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 32.5, range 29 - 36 cm
Max length : 89.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27296); common length : 47.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9258); max. published weight: 9.4 kg (Ref. 9988); max. reported age: 26 years (Ref. 9072)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 17; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10; Vertebrae: 25. Adults are dark blue-green above and silvery below, with irregularly defined spots arranged laterally in indistinct rows (Ref. 33616). Length of upper lobe of caudal fin < 29.9% SL, more or less equal to, or less than, the length fo the head (Ref. 9701).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabit continental shelf waters including estuaries, bays and inlets (Ref. 6390). Found between depths of 30 m (Ref. 33616) and 39 m (Ref. 58489). They enter rivers (Ref. 9002). Juveniles form school in shallow coastal bays and estuaries; adults move in large schools along shores (Ref. 9002), and can move over reefs in depths just sufficient to cover their bodies (Ref. 6390). They form large surface aggregations in deep water (Ref. 6390). Feed mainly on fishes but also on pelagic crustaceans, especially krill (Nyctiphanes australis). Take also food from the seabed. Fish smaller than 10 cm feed predominantly on copepods (Ref. 9072). Utilized fresh, canned and frozen; can be steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988).

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Eastern Australian salmon are probably serial batch spawners (Ref. 27961).

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Paulin, C., 1993. Review of the Australian fish Family Arripididae (Percomorpha), with the description of a new species. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 44(3):459-471. (Ref. 9701)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; bait: usually
FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 15.6 - 22.3, mean 17.4 °C (based on 14 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00352 - 0.02589), b=3.01 (2.79 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.6 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 4.1 (3.3 - 7.9) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 11 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.2-0.3; tm=4).
Prior r = 0.39, 95% CL = 0.26 - 0.59, Based on 2 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Very high vulnerability (100 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 52.1 [34.3, 88.4] mg/100g; Iron = 1.2 [0.8, 1.8] mg/100g; Protein = 20.7 [18.4, 22.6] %; Omega3 = 0.365 [0.227, 0.591] g/100g; Selenium = 19.2 [11.0, 32.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.8 [5.4, 36.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.672 [0.506, 0.912] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.